republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-386.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers."
description: "Department of Health Professions; conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider or person who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, with any person under 18 years of age and provides that such counseling constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. The bill provides that no state funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age, referring a person under 18 years of age for conversion therapy, or extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age. This bill is identical to SB 245."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 386"
citation: "Virginia HB 386 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29b96de8-88a5-4e00-b997-1f6e5a6af383"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB386"
source_hash: "0fc7829b0b1e473dfde642a40729d5689e5332824e5ea7932b80019dd6d2e680"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 386 (2020) — Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.

Department of Health Professions; conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider or person who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, with any person under 18 years of age and provides that such counseling constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. The bill provides that no state funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age, referring a person under 18 years of age for conversion therapy, or extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age. This bill is identical to SB 245.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0041)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB386ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB386ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB386E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB386E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB386)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB386)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 27-N) — **65–27** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100761D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB386)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB386E
- **2020-01-31** Printed as engrossed 20100761D-E
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 27-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 27-N)
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB386E)
- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB386ER)
- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29b96de8-88a5-4e00-b997-1f6e5a6af383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).